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This Love

Maroon 5 · 2002

This Love by Maroon 5 (2002) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • She said goodbye too many times before
  • And her heart is breakin' in front of me
  • And I have no choice
  • 'Cause I won't say goodbye anymore

Sing it again — final chorus

  • She said goodbye too many times before
  • And my heart is breakin' in front of me
  • And she said goodbye too many times before

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

The firein her eyes

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Whisperedas she got on a plane

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

And heris breakin' in front of me

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Keep herevery night

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Then turn around andagain, but uh-oh

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I'll fixbroken things, repair your broken wings

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I was so high, I did not recognize

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She said goodbye too many times before

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Cause I won't say goodbye anymore

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Every inch of you

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The fire burning in her eyes

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I was so ? I did not recognize

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

This love has ? its toll on me

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? my best to feed her appetite

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Pretending to ? the same

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And her heart is ? in front of me

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "goodbye" in the whole song?

"goodbye"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "heart" in the whole song?

"heart"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • Her heart is breakin' in front of me
  • I was so high, I did not recognize
  • So hard to keep her satisfied, oh

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • And I have no choice
  • She said goodbye too many times before
  • The fire burning in her eyes

Exercise 26

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

goodbyeheartmanytimes

Exercise 27

"This Love" was released in 2002. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

goodbyeheartmanytimes

Exercise 28

Imagine you are making a short film with "This Love" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

goodbyeheartmanytimes

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • won't
  • i'll
  • it's
  • i'm
  • that's

Exercise 30

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "This Love" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

goodbyeheartmanytimes